A 67-year-old girl and a 16-year-old who have been killed when their automobiles crashed head-on on Interstate 5 in Chula Vista have been recognized Thursday by household and authorities.

Eileen Crawford, 67, was driving a Honda Civic that entered the southbound lanes of I-5 close to the San Ysidro Port of Entry off of Camino del la Plaza round 3 a.m. Wednesday, the California Freeway Patrol stated.

    Ryder Shoup was from Imperial Seaside and attended Mar Vista Excessive Faculty. NBC 7’s Dana Williams spoke along with his household.

The automobile traveled six miles the flawed method earlier than crashing right into a Dodge Challenger pushed by Ryder Shoup, 16, a brand new father from Imperial Seaside who attended Mar Vista Excessive Faculty.

Francisco Beltran, the neighbor of Crawford and a detailed buddy stated she was receiving radiation therapies for most cancers and that she generally had moments of forgetfulness.

“Sometimes, she went south, you know, kind of blank-minded and just take off,” Francisco Beltran’s sister, Nancy, stated about her buddy.

Whether or not that was the case Wednesday morning, CHP says the trigger has not been decided.

The loss of life of the 16-year-old Mar Vista Excessive Faculty pupil unfold rapidly on social media. That is how his shut buddy from JV soccer came upon.

“When I found out, my heart dropped,” Gilbert Solis stated. “He would always have a smile on that face on the field or on the sideline. He would always have a big white smile on his face.”

Late on Thursday afternoon, the town of Imperial Seaside launched the next assertion concerning Shoup’s loss of life:

“The city of Imperial Beach is deeply saddened to learn of the tragic loss of Ryder Shoup, who was a member of our community and served in the city’s junior lifeguard program for many years. His instructors knew him as a great kid who was well liked. Ryder was very athletic, competitive and always had a smile on his face. We extend our heartfelt condolences to Ryder’s family and friends during this difficult time.”

    A wrong-way crash in Chula Vista killed the drivers of each automobiles concerned. One was a 16-year-old highschool pupil, and the opposite was a 67-year-old girl. NBC 7's Dave Summers spoke to shut pals of each victims on April 10, 2024.

CHP stated they obtained calls from a number of folks reporting a wrong-way driver. The crash occurred about 3 minutes after the primary 911 name. The Dodge caught fireplace and have become totally engulfed in flames. Each drivers have been trapped of their automobiles and died on the scene, CHP stated.

A toxicology report is pending from the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Officer to find out if alcohol or medication have been an element within the crash.

All lanes of southbound I-5, north of J Avenue, have been closed for a number of hours throughout the investigation, which was ongoing Wednesday.

The South Bay has had a number of different wrong-way crashes close to the border in recent times, together with one in San Ysidro in 2023 and one other that killed two San Diego police detectives in 2021. The week of the latter deadly crash noticed 4 lethal wrong-way crashes.

Caltrans has positioned flashing LED “Do Not Enter” and “Wrong Way” indicators at exits throughout San Diego County to forestall crashes like this. Purple reflective pavement has additionally been used to catch a driver’s consideration that they are going the flawed path. Caltrans stated a pilot program of the instruments confirmed a 44-64% discount in wrong-way incidents.

Anybody with details about the crash can contact San Diego CHP at (858) 293-6000.

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